Analyzing character traits for Ruri and Mama from the story "The Bracelet."

Ruri is sensitive.

"I hadn't planned to cry, but the tears came suddenly, and I wiped them away with the back of my hand."

Ruri is hopeful.

"I thought maybe by some miracle a messenger from the government might be standing there, tall and proper and buttoned into a uniform, come tell us it was all a terrible mistake, that we wouldn't have to leave after all."

Mama is optimistic.

"'It won't be so bad when we fix it up,' she began. 'I'll ask Mrs. Simpson to send me some material for curtains. I could make some cushions too, and . . . well . . .' She stopped."

Mama is optimistic.

"'Who's going to carry that huge sack?' I asked. But Mama didn't worry about things like that. 'Someone will help us,' she said. 'Don't worry.' So I didn't."

Mama is calm.

"Mama was taking one last look around our house. She was going from room to room, as though she were trying to take a mental picture of the house she had lived in for fifteen years, so she would never forget it. I saw her take a long last look at the garden that Papa loved."

Ruri is bewildered.

"The crazy thing about the whole evacuation was that we were all loyal Americans. Most of us were citizens because we had been born here."

Mama is wise.

"Those are things we can carry in our hearts and take with us no matter where we are sent," she said.

Ruri is disgusted.

I was scared, and for a minute I thought I was going to lose my breakfast right in front of everybody.